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So this morning the water and sewer department showed up to shut off services so we could dig up the sewer pipe and install a backflow device. The water dept guy had a dowsing rod and started walking across the yard and driveway, I looked at him and said are you serious? He replied, I can't explain it, it works for some people and not for others, I have had success with it. A couple of minutes later he pointed at the ground and said dig here

a couple of minutes later we found a old sewer pipe, unfortunately it wasn't ours, it was one from the old house we had torn down to expand our parking lot

So the water guy walk around with his dowsing rod and 10 seconds later points about 2 feet to the right of the old pipe and says dig here

two swipes of the bucket

I was impressed with the dowsing rod

We grabbed the backflow device, this is a much simpler design then the vid I posted, it just has a simple flap that opens when stuff flows downstream and keeps it from backing up

so they started cutting the old pipe

and slid the fitting on, I made sure it wasn't installed backwards

and tapped on the extension and connectors

we did a couple of test flushes to make sure it was working properly

and set crushed rocks around the fitting

I needed to be able to access the lid in case there was any clogs or anything, so we got a 10 inch piece of pipe to act as a access hole

we set some bricks around the fitting and stood the pipe on top of it

and proceeded to backfill around it

we cut the pipe flush when we got the height we needed

and proceeded to compact around the hole

the sewer company had a old manhole cover they gave me for free

and we set that on the access pipe

and backfilled around it

should never be a problem again, I think I'm still going to get one of those lateral plugs though as a backup, I could just shove it into this new access point if I had to, peace